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War-gaming and figure collecting and painting have been the one hobby I have always had an interest in, and have found always possible to do, no matter the weather or other circumstances. At present it is my daily relax at the end of the day, when kids are asleep and all is calm, I find peace with my paints...

Wargaming

In terms of gaming and figure collecting I prefer the 28mm scale for just about all periods; ancients , medieval, pike and shot, horse & musket and fantasy. Its just a nice size figure to paint, for the detail without being excessive in size, nor too fiddly to handle.
For WWII, I prefer the 15mm scale game Flames of War, as I feel if you are going to include tanks at 28mm scale then the range becomes a little contrived if you are trying to shoot your main gun, the rounds would probably land in the neighbours garden...

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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Next Generation, Part2: Paint Station


In an effort to further encourage my son to get to grips with painting his 8th Army troops, I decided to make him his own 'paint station'. I roughly copied the 'GW design'... though I put the water container holder on the left of the station as he's left handed.

Its a simple construction made from 3mm MDF sheet. Pieces were cut out using a power-jigsaw, and sanded before being glued together with PVA wood glue. I considered using some small panel pins too, but 3mm is very thin to get one in without it splitting the MDF anyway, so I left it with glue only.

Very cheap to do, I think theres's probably less than $5 worth of MDF here. I'm not the best woodworker in the world, but it wasn't difficult to do, took about an hour or so...

Here's a quick plan:


...and the station as is...



So now he can set this on his desk, that can be put beside my painting table, when he wants to get some work done. And he wont be hogging my painting area so I can get on too!

Just need to get him an angle-poise lamp that can fix to the side of his desk and we're away.

As you can see from top picture, we have the first 24 infantry figures undercoated so far...

Like father like son...
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11 comments:

  1. Can you be my Dad!!! I want one too!!!

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  2. Oh, very nice! I'd pay for one custom-measured to fit into my painting desk! You could be onto something here!

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  3. Very smart. Do not underestimate your woodworking skills. This would be way beyond me and I am not alone (which is how others can charge a fortune for these!)

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  4. Sweet mate. I have been planning to make a lap one as i tend hunch when at the table which does no good for this young back of mine :D

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  5. That's good work but needs to be messier.....

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  6. Super Dad! Who could fail to be inspired when met with such encouragement; delightful.

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  7. Thanks Guys :-)

    @Ray - I'll drop a line to NZ immigration, to see what I can do... ;-)

    @Roly - I'm sure that could be arranged, let me know the dimension you'd need...

    @Angry - no doubt it will get messier very soon, just wait till he knocks over his first paint pot! (Though I do have the blu-tac trick up my sleev to try and prevent this...)

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  8. good job ;D very nice ;D following !

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  9. Looks great to me! You're not only a talented painter, but also a carpenter! I know yuor son will enjoy it! Best, Dean

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  10. That's a slick set up. I sure wish I had that level of organization. It would probably save me a lot of grief from spilling paint and glue on my models. You've got your son off to a great start!

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  11. Pretty awesome Dad, you are. Well done. Now you can both hang out and paint together - very cool.

    Curt

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Games of toy soldiers and dice

Looking back as a younger player, I recall I probably took this all a little too seriously, exploding into flung dice and figures if things went wrong, my luck was bad and I lost...

Now I realise, the fun is simply in playing and enjoying the game, win or lose. And learning to laugh if lady luck farts in your face...So long as the game looks good with painted figures and realistic terrain, I am thrilled to get a game.

And of course an opponent of a similar mind set helps too, to make the game an enjoyable occaision.

These days I spend far more time painting figures and making terrain than I do get to play actual games, so when a game comes around I have usually forgotten half the rules and the subtle tactics of the specific game, invariably resulting in a loss! But as long as it looks good, and I have a laugh while playing, I'm happy.